On this day in Aviation History – January 4
2004: The NASA Mars Rover Spirit, lands successfully on Mars. 1989: Two US Navy F-14 Tomcats shoot down two Libyan Air Force MiG-23s over the Mediterranean. 1964: Pope Paul VI lands in Amman, Jordan, in a special Alitalia DC-8; it is the first time that a pope has used an airplane […]